Thanks, Juhn. I had somehow missed the latest version. What complications does the single threading bring?
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:19 PM, John Zelle <john.ze...@wartburg.edu> wrote: > Andrew, > > We have numerous students and faculty here who are successfully using > graphics.py with OSX Lion. The main problem for them was getting the > ActiveState Tcl/Tk fix, but it sounds like you have already done that. If > IDLE is running, there is no reason that the graphics package should give > you difficulties. > > I have two quick suggestions. First make sure you have the latest version > of the graphics library available from my python page: > http://mcsp.wartburg.edu/zelle/python. You probably do have it, as it has > not been updated in quite a while. The important thing is that you need the > unthreaded iteration of the library. > > Second, make sure that every graphics program shuts down properly by > executing window.close(). If your processes are hanging up on program > termination, this could be the issue. It is not sufficient to simply have > the Python program quit. > > If neither of these addresses your issue, then I would appreciate it if > you would send me a slightly more detailed report letting me know exactly > what version of python and Tcl/Tk you are running and providing a simple > example program that causes freeze up along with a description of exactly > how it locks up. > > Cheers, > > --John > > John Zelle, PhD > Professor of Computer Science > Wartburg College > > ------------------------------ > *From:* > edu-sig-bounces+john.zelle=wartburg....@python.org[edu-sig-bounces+john.zelle= > wartburg....@python.org] on behalf of Andrew Harrington [ahar...@luc.edu] > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 07, 2011 11:45 AM > *To:* edu-sig@python.org > *Subject:* [Edu-sig] mac python graphics > > I just got my first Mac. I know issues with Mac graphics have been > discussed before, but I'm not sure what is relevant with OSX Lion. > > With the active state Tcl and the standard python.org python and idle > appears fine. > Still if I try running a Zelle graphic program inside or outside idle I > get a freeze. > > The massive installation through MacPorts, that uses X11 for graphics > makes my Zelle graphics library Tk based programs work fine, but the X11 > version of Idle has many of the common keyboard shortcuts not working, and > is (intensionally) not the standard Apple menu setup. > > What am I missing? > > Thanks, > -- > Dr. Andrew N. Harrington > Computer Science Department > Loyola University Chicago > Lakeshore office in the Math Department: 205 Loyola Hall > http://www.cs.luc.edu/~anh > Phone: 773-915-7999 > Fax: 312-915-7998 > ahar...@luc.edu > > > -- Dr. Andrew N. Harrington Computer Science Department Loyola University Chicago Lakeshore office in the Math Department: 205 Loyola Hall http://www.cs.luc.edu/~anh Phone: 773-915-7999 Fax: 312-915-7998 ahar...@luc.edu
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